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Enhanced Phonon-Assisted Tunneling in Metal -- Twisted Bilayer Graphene Junctions

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Pith's one-line read Planar tunneling into twisted bilayer graphene shows the moiré Brillouin zone relaxing in-plane momentum conservation, letting the ~10 meV layer breathing mode assist tunneling that is suppressed in Bernal bilayer graphene.

desk verdict First planar tunneling into tBLG: narrow gap and higher conductance, but the barrier-thickness confound makes the tBLG vs BLG comparison conditional. read the letter →

arxiv 2507.12991 v1 pith:M72JUTKV submitted 2025-07-17 cond-mat.mes-hall

Radhika Soni , Suvronil Datta , Robin Bajaj , Saisab Bhowmik , Shinjan Mandal , Baladitya Suri , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi
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Manish Jain U. Chandni
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keywords twistedbilayergrapheneplanartunnelingphonon-assistedmoiréBrillouinzonelayerbreathingmodeWSe2tunnelbarrierFermisurfacemomentummismatchzero-biasanomaly
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The reading

The paper sets out to show that planar tunneling, a bulk spectroscopic method, can reveal electron-phonon coupling in moiré materials. Its central experimental claim is that a metal/WSe2/twisted-bilayer-graphene junction with twist angle around 2 degrees conducts tunnel current about an order of magnitude better than an otherwise identical Bernal bilayer junction, while its zero-bias suppression shrinks from roughly 30 to 40 mV down to 5 to 10 mV. The paper attributes this to the moiré Brillouin zone being small enough that the ~10 meV layer breathing phonon can supply the in-plane momentum that separates the metal Fermi surface from the graphene Fermi pockets. If correct, this makes twist angle a continuous knob for tunnel currents and establishes planar tunneling as a bulk probe of electron-phonon coupling in twisted van der Waals materials.

What carries the argument

The central object is the in-plane momentum-conservation delta function $\delta(k_T-k_B\pm q)$ in the inelastic tunneling current, together with the phonon density of states $\rho_{\rm ph}(\omega)$. The layer breathing mode, an optical phonon in which the two graphene layers vibrate out of phase, has a van Hove singularity in the phonon DOS near 10 meV, and the question is whether that phonon can supply the momentum needed to connect the metal Fermi surface to the graphene Fermi pockets. In Bernal bilayer graphene, the shortest required phonon wavevector exceeds what the mode provides, whereas in twisted bilayer graphene the folded moiré Brillouin zone relaxes the matching condition and lets the same phonon assist tunneling. This geometric criterion, expressed in the paper as $k_{BZ} = k_F^{Au} + k_F^{BLG} + \Delta q$, is what carries the argument from measured dI/dV spectra to phonon-mediated mechanism.

What would settle it

Fabricate a single chip with adjacent Bernal and twisted junctions sharing the same WSe2 flake, then normalize conductances by junction area and barrier thickness; if the twisted conductance is not still about an order of magnitude higher, the twist-based explanation collapses. Alternatively, vary the twist angle continuously from zero to two degrees and check that the zero-bias gap interpolates monotonically from about 30 to 40 mV down to 5 to 10 mV as the moiré Brillouin zone shrinks.

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Core claim

In a planar Au/WSe2/graphene tunnel junction, in-plane momentum must be conserved for elastic tunneling, but the Fermi-surface pockets of Bernal bilayer graphene around the K and K' points are disjoint from the metal's Fermi surface. The paper finds that inelastic tunneling must therefore supply a momentum mismatch of about $\Delta q \approx 0.5\times10^{10}$ m$^{-1}$, which is larger than the maximum momentum $q_{\rm LBM}\approx0.25\times10^{10}$ m$^{-1}$ available from the layer breathing mode near 10 meV. In twisted bilayer graphene, the moiré Brillouin zone is much smaller, roughly $1.02\times10^9$ m$^{-1}$ at $\theta=2^\circ$, and it encompasses the metal Fermi surface projection, so the same breathing phonon bridges the mismatch and enhances tunneling. This produces an order-of-magnitude higher tunnel conductance and a zero-bias gate that is five to ten millivolts wide rather than thirty to forty millivolts.

Load-bearing premise

The central comparison assumes that the WSe2 barrier thickness and interface quality are essentially identical across separately fabricated Bernal and twisted bilayer devices, since barrier thickness, junction area, and capacitance are not reported and the conclusion rests on one Bernal device and two twisted devices.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Twist angle becomes a tunable parameter for van der Waals tunnel junctions: the zero-bias gap narrows and the conductance rises as the moiré Brillouin zone shrinks.
  • Planar tunneling can be used as a micrometer-scale bulk probe of electron-phonon coupling in moiré materials, complementing local STM probes.
  • The 10 meV layer breathing mode, largely invisible in earlier metal-graphene tunnel junctions with gaps of 30 to 70 mV, becomes visible in twisted bilayer graphene junctions in both dI/dV and d2I/dV2.
  • The dependence of tunnel conductance on both gate voltage and bias near the Dirac point indicates that planar tunneling also reads the moiré band density of states, not just phonon structure.

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Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Inference: if the geometric picture is correct, the enhancement should grow as the twist angle decreases toward the magic angle, where the moiré Brillouin zone is even smaller; this could be tested in a single fabrication run that varies only the twist angle.
  • Inference: the same mechanism predicts that tunneling into other moiré materials, such as twisted transition-metal dichalcogenides, may show phonon-assisted features at even lower biases limited only by the smallest phonon that bridges the momentum mismatch.
  • Inference: device-to-device normalization of barrier thickness, junction area, and capacitance is needed before the order-of-magnitude conductance claim can be made quantitative; without it, part of the observed enhancement could be barrier variation rather than twist physics.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper reports planar tunneling spectroscopy on metal/WSe2/BLG and metal/WSe2/tBLG (θ≈2°) junctions, measuring dI/dV and d2I/dV2 as functions of bias and top-gate voltage. The key observation is a much narrower zero-bias suppression in tBLG (≈5–10 meV) than in BLG (≈30–40 meV), an order-of-magnitude higher conductance in tBLG, and a low-energy d2I/dV2 peak at ≈8 meV in tBLG assigned to the layer breathing mode. The authors attribute the difference to a relaxed in-plane momentum-matching condition in the small moiré Brillouin zone: low-energy phonons can bridge the Fermi-surface mismatch in tBLG but not in BLG. Phonon dispersions for BLG and tBLG are computed with classical force fields (PARPHOM/TWISTER/LAMMPS/phonopy). The central claim is that this is the first clear deviation from the 30–70 meV zero-bias gap trend in graphitic tunnel junctions, establishing twist angle as a knob for phonon-assisted tunneling.

Significance. If the twist-induced enhancement is real, the paper introduces planar tunneling as a bulk probe of electron–phonon coupling in moiré materials and provides a new device-level control (twist angle) for tunnel junctions. The manuscript has notable strengths: reproducible data over multiple junctions in two tBLG devices (D2 and D3), d2I/dV2 spectra showing distinct phonon signatures, a comparative table of prior graphitic tunnel junctions, and phonon calculations based on standard, independently developed open-source codes. However, the significance is currently capped by two issues: the BLG/tBLG comparison is across separately fabricated devices without reported barrier thickness or area, and the central geometric statement about the moiré BZ 'encompassing' the Au Fermi-surface projection is numerically reversed. These issues need to be resolved before the main claim can be fully credited.

major comments (3)
  1. [§2, Fig. 4c–d and Eq. (3)] The central geometric argument contains a quantitative reversal. The text says that the moiré Brillouin zone (1.02×10^9 m^-1 for θ≈2°) 'encompasses the projection of the metal Fermi surface', but the reported k_F^Au = 1.20×10^10 m^-1 is an order of magnitude larger than the moiré BZ, so the projected Au Fermi disk can only encompass the moiré BZ, not the reverse. This matters because the relaxed momentum-matching claim in tBLG relies specifically on the Au projection filling the small moiré BZ. Please correct the wording, redraw the tBLG diagram in Fig. 4d with the Au disk and mBZ to scale or with an explicit scale, and restate the overlap criterion consistently with Eq. (3) and Fig. 4c.
  2. [§1 and §2, Figs. 1f–h vs 2a–c; Methods] The BLG-vs-tBLG comparison is made across independently fabricated devices: BLG device D1 is compared with tBLG devices D2 and D3. The paper does not report the WSe2 barrier thickness, junction area, or capacitance for any junction. Since tunnel conductance is exponentially sensitive to barrier thickness and linearly proportional to area, the order-of-magnitude higher conductance in tBLG and even the narrower zero-bias feature could, in part, reflect sample-to-sample barrier differences. Reproducibility across contacts within D2/D3 does not constrain flake-to-flake variations. To support the headline claim, report the WSe2 thickness and junction dimensions, and provide a matched BLG control device fabricated in the same run with the same WSe2 flake (or an equivalent capacitance-based characterization of barrier thickness).
  3. [§2, Eqs. (2)–(3) and Conclusion] The paper does not demonstrate a quantitative link between the momentum-space picture and the measured bias gaps. The parameters in Eq. (3) (k_F^Au = 1.20×10^10 m^-1, k_F^BLG = 1.8×10^7 m^-1 at n = 1×10^12 cm^-2, and q_LBM = 0.25×10^10 m^-1) are quoted without a derivation, and the text does not explain how a momentum mismatch Δq translates into a bias gap of 30–40 meV or 5–10 meV, nor how that gap should depend on twist angle or carrier density. Since the model was constructed after the data, a sensitivity analysis over the plausible ranges of these inputs, or a prediction for the gap versus θ, would test whether the mechanism is actually responsible for the observed trend.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Fig. 2c] The caption states the gate range as −5 V to 4 V, while the color plot axis spans −4 V to 4 V; please harmonize the text and axes.
  2. [Fig. S5 and main text] The d2I/dV2 peak in tBLG is reported at ≈8 meV, while the layer breathing mode from the phonon calculation is quoted as ≈10 meV; the approximately 2 meV offset is not discussed and should be reconciled or explicitly attributed to model/measurement differences.
  3. [Supporting Information, inelastic current derivation] The displayed inelastic current expression for the phonon-absorption term appears to contain a duplicated factor in the occupation-factor bracket; please check the algebraic expression and the signs.
  4. [Introduction and Conclusion] The text contains several spacing and typographical errors (e.g., 'Avarietyofalternativetransporttechniquessuchas' and 'induce finer modifications'); a careful proofread is needed.
  5. [Methods and Data Availability] For reproducibility, the paper would benefit from a statement of the moiré simulation cell size and number of atoms in the θ≈2° calculation, and from a data/code availability statement for the phonon calculations.

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No significant circularity: the geometric momentum-matching explanation is post-hoc but not fitted, and the phonon dispersions are computed independently of the tunneling data.

full rationale

The paper's derivation chain is: (i) measure dI/dV in BLG and tBLG tunnel junctions; (ii) attribute the zero-bias suppression and its width to elastic/inelastic tunneling via Eqs. (1)-(2); (iii) identify the low-energy phonon contribution using phonon band structures and DOS computed from classical force fields (REBO + DRIP) via PARPHOM; and (iv) explain the BLG/tBLG difference using a geometric momentum-matching model, Eq. (3), with independently known inputs: Au Fermi wavevector, graphene Brillouin-zone size, nominal carrier density, and the moire Brillouin-zone size. None of these inputs is fitted to the observed gap widths (30-40 mV in BLG, 5-10 mV in tBLG), and the phonon DOS peak near 10 meV is present in both materials, so the conclusion that the LBM contributes in tBLG but not in BLG is not enforced by construction. The self-citations (Refs. 47, 56, 59, 63) are either prior experimental data used as part of a wider literature comparison or computational tools with stated classical potentials; the central tBLG-vs-BLG comparison rests primarily on the paper's own simultaneous D1-BLG control and multiple external references. The uncontrolled WSe2 barrier thickness across separately fabricated devices is a significant experimental validity concern, but it is a confound concerning whether the conductance enhancement is intrinsic to tBLG, not a circularity in which a quantity is defined or fitted in terms of the target result. Overall, the claimed mechanism is post-hoc and semiquantitative, but it is not circular.

Assumptions & free parameters 4 free parameters · 8 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The paper introduces no new physical entities. It relies on eight stated or implicit axioms, four hand-chosen numeric parameters (two of which are standard literature values), and a geometric momentum-matching model. The numerical error in k_BLG^F and the uncontrolled barrier thickness are the main ledger concerns.

free parameters (4)
  • k_Au^F = 1.20 x 10^10 m^-1
    Fermi wavevector of Au, taken from literature as a nominal value for the geometric mismatch calculation in Eq. (3) and Fig. 4c.
  • k_BLG^F = 1.8 x 10^7 m^-1
    Chosen for a nominal carrier density of 1 x 10^12 cm^-2; this value is off by a factor of 10 (should be ~1.8 x 10^8 m^-1), which weakens the quantitative Delta-q estimate but not the qualitative conclusion.
  • q_LBM = 0.25 x 10^10 m^-1
    Estimated from the calculated phonon dispersion as the momentum of the layer breathing mode near 10 meV; used to compare with the momentum mismatch Delta-q.
  • carrier density n = 1 x 10^12 cm^-2
    Assumed nominal density used to compute the BLG Fermi wavevector; the actual density in the devices at the measurement gate voltages is not directly reported.
assumptions (8)
  • standard math Fermi's golden rule and Bardeen tunneling model
    Used in Eqs. (1), (2) and the supporting information to derive the elastic and inelastic tunneling currents.
  • domain assumption Strict in-plane momentum conservation with delta(k_T - k_B), relaxable by phonon momentum
    Central to the geometric argument in Fig. 1 and Eq. (3); real tunneling matrix elements have a finite momentum window rather than a strict delta function.
  • domain assumption Out-of-plane momentum is not conserved under bias, allowing projection to 2D
    Used to reduce the 3D Fermi surface picture in Fig. 1b-d to 2D projections.
  • domain assumption Momentum-independent electron-phonon coupling and inelastic matrix element near the LBM
    Stated around Eq. (22): g and M_i are approximated as constants because the phonon DOS peak is sharp.
  • domain assumption Joint density of states factorizes into a product of individual DOS
    Used in the supporting information after Eq. (14) to simplify the tunneling current expression.
  • domain assumption Free-standing graphene approximation, with ZA modes starting at zero energy at the Gamma point
    Discussed in the 'Discussion on other possibilities' section: substrate-induced ZA gaps are assumed negligible for this device geometry.
  • domain assumption Metal Fermi surface is a sphere centered at Gamma
    Used in Fig. 1b-e for the geometric overlap argument; real Au Fermi surfaces have complex topology, but this is a simplifying model.
  • domain assumption Identical WSe2 barrier and contact quality across BLG and tBLG devices
    Implicit in the direct comparison of D1 with D2/D3; no barrier thickness measurements are reported, so this is an uncontrolled variable.

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abstract

We report planar tunneling spectroscopy measurements on metal-WSe$_2$-twisted bilayer graphene heterostructures across a broad range of gate and bias voltages. The observed experimental features are attributed to phonon-assisted tunneling and the significantly high density of states within the moir\'e bands. A notable finding is the enhanced phonon-assisted tunneling in twisted bilayer graphene compared to Bernal bilayer graphene, which arises from a more relaxed in-plane momentum matching criterion. Theoretical calculations of phonon dispersions enable us to identify low-energy phonon modes in both Bernal and twisted bilayers of graphene, thereby elucidating the underlying mechanism of tunneling. Our results establish planar tunneling as a versatile tool to further understand electron-phonon coupling in twisted van der Waals materials.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Planar tunneling in Metal-WSe2-BLG/tBLG junctions. a. Schematic of hBN￾encapsulated BLG/tBLG-WSe2-metal heterostructure on SiO2/Si substrate. Metal (Au) and BLG/tBLG act as the two tunnel electrodes and WSe2 acts as the tunneling barrier. The zoomed in version shows side view of the tunnel junction. The carrier density in the system is tuned by applying top gate voltage VT G. We perform two-probe tunneling measureme… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Tunnel characteristics for this junction are presented, with different tBLG contacts [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Tunnel data for Metal/WSe2/tBLG junction, θ ≈ 2 ◦ , Device D2. a. Tunnel conductance (dI/dV ) and tunnel current (Idc) as a function of Vdc at VT G = 0. b. dI/dV as a function of Vdc for various top gate voltages from -5 V to 4 V in steps of 1 V. Curves are offset for clarity. The suppressed tunneling feature is present around Vdc = 0. c. Color plot of dI/dV , plotted in a log scale as a function of VT G and Vdc. Th… view at source ↗
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Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Uniform tunnel spectra for different Metal/WSe [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_3.png]
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Mechanism of inelastic tunneling and phonon band structures [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_4.png]

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